Chennai panchang, 10 August 2026
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 03:07 Ashadha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 18:31- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:31 – 09:05
- Yamaganda 10:39 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 13:48 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta 15:10 – 16:00
- 08:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 08:01 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:27 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 18:27 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:31 to 05:56 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:27 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 04:43 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 04:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 04:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 08:01
- Nakshatra Ardra until 12:27 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 22:27
- Karana Taitila until 08:01, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 08:01 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:27 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 18:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:27 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 04:43 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 04:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 04:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:10 – 16:00
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:54 – 15:23 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:25 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:31 – 20:48
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:56 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:31 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:05 – 10:39 | Good |
| Rog | 10:39 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:14 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Char | 13:48 – 15:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:22 – 16:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:57 – 18:31 | Good |
| Char | 18:31 – 19:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:57 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:22 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:48 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:14 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:39 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:31 – 05:56 next day | Neutral |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:56 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 05:56 NowMoon
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:56 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 06:28 Cancer
- 06:28 – 08:31 Leo
- 08:31 – 10:32 Virgo
- 10:32 – 12:39 Libra
- 12:39 – 14:51 Scorpio
- 14:51 – 16:58 Sagittarius
- 16:58 – 18:51 Capricorn
- 18:51 – 20:33 Aquarius
- 20:33 – 22:13 Pisces
- 22:13 – 00:01 next day Aries
- 00:01 – 02:03 next day Taurus
- 02:03 – 04:14 next day Gemini
- 04:14 – 05:56 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method